Customized Van Life's Sustainability and Impact

Tiny home living has been the biggest environmental boom I've seen in the last few years where many between the ages of 21-35 have been ditching their homes or apartments to live in significantly smaller homes, in camper vans or mobile homes, and most recently I've been seeing a plethora of customized sprinter van homes on YouTube. The environmental concerns around the gas emissions may not be any more beneficial to do with consistent driving, even with the use of solar panels shrunken costs on waste production, the difference in your carbon footprint, and restricted water consumption. While diesel is more energy-efficient and regulated pollutants are far lower in diesel engines versus regular gas/petrol engines, however, they do produce higher emissions of NOx and even higher emissions of particle matter all of which still harshly affect the ozone layer, air conditions, and environmental health. The hashtag of van life has populated much more recently in the last 6 months flashing a "sustainable" idea on it all without touching the realities of its bad impacts and dirty details.

Below are some links that dig into the details of NOx versus CO2 emissions, van life's sustainability, and their effects as well as the difference between petrol gasoline and diesel gasoline. It is important to understand the pros and cons behind ideas of sustainable life changes. CHECK BELOW! A lot of key information gets missed behind the scenes of a popular hashtag.

http://www.air-quality.org.uk/26.php
https://www.epa.gov/no2-pollution
http://www.icopal-noxite.co.uk/nox-problem/nox-pollution.aspx
https://www.outsideonline.com/2392948/is-vanlife-ecofriendly
https://thisisrange.com/is-vanlife-sustainable-it-might-not-be-as-eco-friendly-as-you-thought/